Essentials of Investments; by Bodie, Kane & Marcus; 5th Edition

Хочу поделиться с подрастающим поколением отличными книгами по финансам издательства McGraw-Hill Higher Education, написанными простым английским языком. Это небольшого размера векторные PDF отличного качества, не спрашивайте, как они ко мне попали из того издательства. Начнем потихоньку двигаться от простого к сложному, дабы у прочитавшего все это сложилась целостная картина как и куда можно в этом мире потратить (вложить) свои (и не только) деньги. Essentials of Investments by Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane, Alan J. Marcus Fifth Edition, 774 pages, ISBN: 0-07-251077-3 Book Description The market leading Essentials of Investments, 5th edition by Bodie, Kane and Marcus is an undergraduate textbook on investment analysis, presenting the practical applications of investment theory to convey insights of practical value. The authors have eliminated unnecessary mathematical detail and concentrate on the intuition and insights that will be useful to practitioners throughout their careers as new ideas and challenges emerge from the financial marketplace. Essentials maintains the theme of asset allocation (authors discuss asset pricing and trading then apply these theories to portfolio planning in real-world securities markets that are governed by risk/return relationships). Essentials continues to develop modern topics. The major objective in this revision is to maintain the current level in content and coverage, with greater emphasis on the Internet and global issues, and to improve the text's accessibility by enhancing presentation, pedagogy, and design. This сlearly written book with excellent visual aids is widely used in many universities for an introductory course in Investment management. I especially liked the concept checks and the current events boxes. The sample questions from CFA exams were particularly helpful. http://rapidshare.de/files/2921421/Bodie-Kane-Marcus_Essentials_of_Investments_5th_Edition.pdf.html Table of Contents Part ONE Elements of Investments 1 Investments: Background and Issues 2 Financial Instruments 3 How Securities Are Traded 4 Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies Part TWO Portfolio Theory 5 Risk and Return: Past and Prologue 6 Efficient Diversification 7 Capital Asset Pricing and Arbitrage Pricing Theory 8 The Efficient Market Hypothesis Part THREE Debt Securities 9 Bond Prices and Yields 10 Managing Bond Portfolios Part FOUR Security Analysis 11 Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis 12 Equity Valuation 13 Financial Statement Analysis Part FIVE Derivative Markets 14 Options Markets 15 Option Valuation 16 Futures Markets Part SIX Active Investment Management 17 Investors and the Investment Process 18 Taxes, Inflation, and Investment Strategy 19 Behavioral Finance and Technical Analysis 20 Performance Evaluation and Active Portfolio Management 21 International Investing